43 - Climate Inaction & the US as History's #1 Human Caging Machine ft. Alec Karakatsanis
live soon
2021-11-04 00:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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Griscom Stream - Don't Be Vampires @ 5:15 Central
Hey ya'll,
Griscom streams are back this week! Come by at 5:15 Central for this week's stream & Q&A, I'll be taking questions from the chat. It'll also be on Twitch.tv/leftreckoning too!
2021-11-02 18:50:13 +0000 UTC View PostSubmit Your Think Tank Questions/Topics
Hey ya'll!
Hope you had a fun halloween! It's the 1st of the month so that means Matt & David will be recording a think-tank bonus episode, where we take your questions or explore different topics suggested by the LR crew. So get this in by commenting under this post and we will include those on the bonus show!
2021-11-01 16:19:27 +0000 UTC View Post(P) Street Uprising & Electorate Reaction In Minneapolis ft. G.P. Jacob
Hey folks, G.P. Jacob (@GPJacob4), host of the Money. Power. Land. Solidarity. podast joins us today to overview Minneapolis politics in the run up to the city's municipal elections. Why the electorate and political class make it difficult to translate last years energy into power and policy. Also, why, Jacob Frey is an successful model for a neoliberal bagman for corporate interests.
Check out Money. Power. Land. Solidarity. here and wherever you listen to podcasts: 2021-10-31 16:41:31 +0000 UTC View Post
(P) Street Uprising & Electorate Reaction In Minneapolis ft. G.P. Jacob
Hey folks, G.P. Jacob (@GPJacob4), host of the Money. Power. Land. Solidarity. podast joins us today to overview Minneapolis politics in the run up to the city's municipal elections. Why the electorate and political class make it difficult to translate last years energy into power and policy. Also, why, Jacob Frey is an successful model for a neoliberal bagman for corporate interests.
Check out Money. Power. Land. Solidarity. here and wherever you listen to podcasts: 2021-10-31 16:36:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Postgame 42
David and Matt on why the progressives should say no to the homeopathically watered down reconciliation bill, Obama still is bad, and a look at Peter Thiel's origins.
2021-10-28 04:14:28 +0000 UTC View Post42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis
LR crew Ben Burgis (@BenBurgis) joins us once again to discuss his recent debate/office hours with Charlie Kirk and preview his book on Christopher Hitchens.
Also, the malice of the American legal system turns once again on Assange, Donziger, and the striking Warrior Met workers (support them here).
42 - Charlie Kirk Schooled By Dr. Ben & Courts Against the People ft. Ben Burgis
live soon
2021-10-28 00:05:40 +0000 UTC View PostVirtual Event this Saturday & This Week's Show
Hey y'all,
There won't be a Griscom stream this week, but this Saturday David will be giving a talk put on by the North Texas DSA on the Post-Bernie left and Texas's role in building a future of working class power. After that there will be a 45-min q&a. The event is virtual & open to the public so feel free to come by for it!
And for the mani show this week we are going to be joined by Ben Burgis to break down his recent run-in with the right-wing propagandist...
2021-10-25 18:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post(P) Remembering to Forget Colin Powell, Texas Teachers, & Who to Criticize ft. Elias Cepeda
Writer, teacher, mma instructor Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) joins us to discuss Colin Powell dying, what educators must do in response to GOP suppression, and why focusing on Kyrie Irving is counterproductive and pointless.
check out Elias' work at eliascepeda.substack.com
watch here: https://youtu.be/FmCp1evQ3G4
2021-10-24 17:17:16 +0000 UTC View Post(P) Remembering to Forget Colin Powell, Texas Teachers, & Who to Criticize ft. Elias Cepeda
Writer, teacher, mma instructor Elias Cepeda (@EliasCepeda) joins us to discuss Colin Powell dying, what educators must do in response to GOP suppression, and why focusing on Kyrie Irving is counterproductive and pointless.
check out Elias' work at eliascepeda.substack.com
2021-10-24 17:15:54 +0000 UTC View PostPostgame 41
AOC has a Jan 6er challenger, Harambe finds a Third Way, plus your discord questions
2021-10-21 05:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic
Branko Marcetic (@BMarchetich) joins us this week to discuss the inability of Biden to meet the moment. Also, the DemonRats vs India Walton and the US arrests Venezuela's dealmaker.
Strike funds!!!!! Kellog Workers Battle Creek https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-kelloggs-workers-on-strike-local-3g Memphis 2021-10-21 04:28:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 41 - Yesterday's Man, Today: Sleepy Joe and the DemonRats ft. Branko Marcetic
Strike funds!!!!! Kellog Workers Battle Creek https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-kelloggs-workers-on-strike-local-3g Memphis https://www.gofundme.com/f/udp2r-support-striking-kelloggs-workers-local-252g Omaha 2021-10-21 01:47:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Upcoming stream - Come by!
Hey ya'll, I'll be hoping on the Griscom stream in a couple of hours come by!
2021-10-19 18:44:55 +0000 UTC View Post(P) Can Patriotism Be Revolutionary? George Orwell's 'England Your England'
Matt and David discuss the first part of George Orwell's WWII book calling for a socialist revolution, "The Lion and the Unicorn," particularly the first part "England Your England." Nationalism and the decadence of the British Empire are primary topics. https://orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/e_eye
Watch here
(P) Can Patriotism Be Revolutionary? George Orwell's 'England Your England'
Matt and David discuss the first part of George Orwell's WWII book calling for a socialist revolution, "The Lion and the Unicorn," particularly the first part "England Your England." Nationalism and the decadence of the British Empire are primary topics. https://orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/e_eye
2021-10-17 17:47:28 +0000 UTC View PostGoing live today @ 4 Central 5 Eastern
Hey y'all come by for. a Thursday Griscom stream, I'll be taking q's from the chat and will see about getting to any discord questions I missed yesterday.
Also will be live on twitch.tv/leftreckoning
2021-10-14 17:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostPostgame 40
NFT news, revisiting Ben Shapiro and Dave Rubin vs antivaxxers, whats the best Chris Hitchens, and your discord questions
2021-10-14 04:49:39 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez
Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) of the Working People podcast and The Real News join us this week to discuss spectres of a strikewave, "the great resignation," right wing attempts to obfuscate what's happening, and fantasy football.
Also on the show: getting serious about climate with Shell Oil and saving Russell Brand from cryptoreactionary nerds.
support Kellogg's strike funds 2021-10-14 04:44:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Power out but Griscom stream tomorrow
Hey y’all sorry about the stream cutting out, nasty storm here and I’m without power. But I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon for a stream so stop by then!
2021-10-14 03:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Episode 40 - The Great Resignation, Striketober, and the Mythology of Capitalism ft Maximillian Alvarez
support strike funds
https://msha.ke/bctgm/#strike-funds
2021-10-14 00:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostOctober Think Tank - Video
David and Matt discuss OU vs Texas, getting serious about reading, nonaligned movements and regionalism, third parties, the UK, and how to take notes.
Text to speech: Balabolka http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
Mac users may want to seek a newer program than text2speech pro, which was my old favorite 2021-10-10 17:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post
October Think Tank - Audio
David and Matt discuss OU vs Texas, getting serious about reading, nonaligned movements and regionalism, third parties, the UK, and how to take notes.
Text to speech: Balabolka http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm
Mac users may want to seek a newer program than text2speech pro, which was my old favorite 2021-10-10 17:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Postgame 39
Sorry about the error last evening folks, re-uploaded, should work now.
Hitman 2 and the ennui of videogames, Dave Rubin on facebook, Americans are ruining New Zealand, What Would George Orwell Say: Cuban Revolution edition. and more
2021-10-07 06:03:29 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 39 - Austerity's Odd Couplings & Are Left Parties Losing the Working Class ft. Cale Brooks
Jacobin video editor Cale Brooks joins us tonight, check out his most recent piece in Jacobin here, an interview on NGOism: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/06/ngoism-nonprofit-foundation-status-quo-community-unions
David and Matt also discuss Sinema and the Austerity Friends defending her, and the insane prosecution of Steven Donziger.
2021-10-07 04:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post